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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Thanks to Meghan in Charleston, South Carolina, I totally stand corrected on the issue of colorful houses on these shores (see the post below). Turns out that we Americans are, too, bold with color when it comes to the exteriors of our homes.

A link that Meghan posted to a pic of the painted houses on Charleston's Rainbow Row (above, taken by flickr member william.ward) led to a flickr search for other colorful rowhouse streets. Before I knew what had hit me, hours had passed and I was completely down the rabbit hole. (Living in the Bay Area, my first thought, of course, was of the "Painted Ladies" along Alamo Square in San Francisco -- but that image is so cliched that I won't bore you with it here.)

I know I'm really late on this... first of all I ADORE your blog! I've been lurking for weeks and I love going back into your archives.

The colors in this post are absolutely stunning.... but the Shack Chic book? Hmmm... maybe I need to pick it up at the library because I just don't get it. I would think that folks living in shacks put up colored sheet metal and plastic bottle wallpaper because that's all they can access or find, not because they match and coordinate. What do you think?